Game-register for pool-tables



(No Model.)

0. A. HATHAWAY & J. W. GOLDEN.

GAME REGISTER FOR POOL TABLES.

Patented Mar. 26, 1895.

. IIvIIII/I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NEBRASKA.

GAME-REGISTER FOR POOL-TABLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 536,469, dated March 26, 1895.

Application filed J'une 26,1 8 94.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, CHARLES A. HATH- AWAY and JOHN W. GOLDEN, citizens of the United States, residing at Staplehurst, in the county of Seward and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Registers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a game register, to be used in connection with a pool table or other game table for registering each game at the beginning, and it is designed as an improvement upon the invention disclosed in the Letters Patent granted to us under date of March 1, 1892, No. 470,048. With the construction of device in the Letters Patent referred, to, a rope or cord passing over depending pulleys has been employed and this cord is attached at one end to the nesting frame and at the other end to the manipulating lever of the register; knots or stops being provided on the cord for limiting its movement through the pulleys and weights employed for counterbalancing purposes. With such a device it has been found that after use the cord will stretch to such an extent as to allow the register to move too far at each stroke or movement of the manipulating lever, and as a result would register two games in some cases Where but one had been played or started. The object of the present improvements is to overcome this difficulty and produce a device which will be positive in its actions and will require no care on the part of the operator, the parts being so constructed and combined as to absolutely prevent the registering of more than one game at each nesting of the balls, and such improvements are of a durable and inexpensive construction.

The improvements and their advantages will be fully understood from the following description and claim, when taken in con necwith the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1, is a side elevation of our improved device, showing the same in an operative position and in connection with a portion of a pool table. Fig. 2, is a face view of the reg Serial No. 515,645. (No model.)

ister with the cap plate removed and the ratchet dial shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3,isa similarview with the ratchet dial orregistering plate in full lines. Fig. 4, is across sectional View with the internal mechanism in plan. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the ratchet dial removed. Fig. 6, is a perspective view of the oscillating lever. Fig. 7, is an edge view of the cap plate.

Referring by letter to said drawings:A, indicates the register.

B, indicates the nesting frame, and O, a pool table with a part broken away.

The register comprises a base a, which is here shown as of arectangular form and may be composed of wood or other suitable material having a central raised portion 6, cutaway in its face and transversely as shown at c, for a purpose which will presently appear. Surrounding this central raised and cut-away portion is a ring D, and covering the ring and the raised portion, respectively, is a cap plate E, which may be of sheet metal or other suitable material, having a lateral slot d, for the passage of the manipulating lever as will be presently described, and a central, transverse hole or aperture 6.

The base a, is also provided with a central, transverse aperturef, and in this aperture is placed a transverse shaft or stud g, the opposite end thereof passing through the central hole or aperture e, of the cap plate, and carries a head 71, by which said shaft may be turned. The cap plate E, is furthermore provided in its face with a slot or opening 2', so as to expose to view a pointer F, which may be secured to the ring D, in a depending manner, and also the face of the registering dial.

G, indicates the registering dial. This dial is arranged loosely upon the shaft g, Within the cap or casing and is provided on its periphery with teeth j. The inner side of this dial is provided circularly with ratchet teeth 70, there being one tooth for each tooth on the periphery, or the teeth are so disposed with respect to each other that as the manipulating lever which will be presently described, has moved the oscillating lever so as to turn the dial the distance of one number at the pointer, the said lever will prevent by its ongagement with the circumferential teeth, the dial from moving more than the distance indicated, or one tooth.

H, indicates a friction spring which is secured at one end to the base a, and is thence curved and presses at its opposite end against one side of a ratchet dial.

I, indicates the oscillating lever. This lever, as better shown in Fig. 6, of the drawings, has a central aperture Z, by which it is journaled upon the shaft g, and is provided at one end with the longitudinal slot, and its opposite end carries a tooth or spring a, to engage the teeth 70, of the ratchet. This lever is arranged loosely upon the shaft g, and may be backed by a friction spring J, secured at one end against one of the walls of the cut out portion as better shown in Fig. 2, of the drawings.

K, indicates the operating lever. This lever is provided with a curved arm L, carrying a stop or pin M, extending laterally from its free end to engage the circumferential teeth of the dial, and serve to intermittently stop the rotative movement thereof.

The lever K, is pivoted to the base at the point N, and upon which pivotal point the lever is allowed to rock. The inner end of the lever is provided on one side with a stud or pin 29, which is designed to take into the slot 971, of the lever I, and oscillate the same, this oscillating lever being limited in its movements by contacting with the Walls of the cut out portion, although it is obvious that this part of the device will permit of a change in construction by providing lugs or other means for stopping the movement of the lever at the points desired. The manipulating lever passes out through the slot (1, of the cap or casing and its inner end is preferably curved as better shown in Fig. 4, of the drawings so as to permit it passing over the oscillating lever.

0, indicates a weight, which is secured to the outer end of the oscillating lever so as to keep that end normally depressed, and P, in-

. dicates a rope or cord, which is secured at one end to said lever, and after passing through suitable guide pulleys Q, depending from the ceiling, has its opposite end attached to the nesting frame B, as shown.

In operation it will be seen that when the nesting frame has been drawn down, it will raise the outer end of the manipulating lever, moving the inner end downwardly. The inner end of said lever engaging the slotted end of the oscillating lever, will move the opposite end of the latter lever, upwardly, and said lever being in engagement with the circular ratchet on theinner side of the dial, will turn the latter until the stop M, on the curved arm L, is brought into engagement with one of the circumferential teeth of said disk or dial. This movement will bring a number of the dial to View at the slot 1', and as the arm L, and the stop thereon are so arranged with respect to the oscillating lever and dial, that the said stop will engage each tooth in the circumference, the dial will be prevented from moving the distance of but one number at each stroke of'the lever. As the operator releases the nesting frame the weight on the manipulating lever will draw it up out of the way from the table but in a convenient position to be reached, and as the weight draws the outer end of the manipulating lever down, it will consequently draw the stop on the arm thereof away from the teeth on the circumference of the dial, and at the same time move the tooth of the oscillating lever back in engagement with the next succeeding tooth of the ratchet on the inner side of said dial.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- The combination with a frame, having a shaft, and also having a suitable stop or stops; of the dial having ratchet teeth circularly arranged on one side, numbers similarly arranged on the opposite side, the oscillating lever arranged on the shaft, and having a branch at one end to engage the teeth of the lateral ratchet, and having its opposite end slotted, the manipulating lever pivoted to the frame, and having the curved branch provided with a stop to engage the circumferential teeth, and the inner end of said lever engaging the slotted portion of the oscillating lever, the cap having the sight aperture, the pointer exposed through the slot, a suitable weight on the lever, a nesting frame and a cord or rope connecting said frame to the manipulating lever, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. HATHAWAY. JOHN W. GOLDEN.

Witnesses:

B. F. NORVAL, H. W. HARVEY. 

